THE community of Kaibia on Friday last week received tools worth over $52,000 from the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECCDMM). A statement from deputy director environment Debra Kereseka on Tuesday said the donation was made from the Environment and Conservation Division (ECD) 2021 Development Budget of the MECCDMM to support…
THE battle to further contain COVID-19 spread in Western Province was given a boost following a timely donation of 7000 facial masks thanks to Eagon Pacific Plantation Limited (EPPL). The free offer is part of a second batch of support after the Arara-based company on New Georgia donated several hundreds of masks in March. EPPL…
THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) is not responsible for the suspension of Malaita Provincial Secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua. The ministry made this clarification after a source within the Malaita Provincial Government claimed that the MPGIS permanent secretary Stanley Dick Pirione’s involvement in the removal of Mr Fa’abasua as Malaita’s Provincial Secretary. According…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has expressed his overwhelming joy to officiate the launching of the country’s own Computed Tomography (CT) scanner some 40 years after the nation’s Political independence. The procurement and set up of the CT Scan is one of the flagship policies of the government under the leadership of PM Sogavare. The…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station now have better working conditions to perform their duties following the completion and handing over of the refurbished Police Station in East Honiara yesterday. A RSIPF statement on Tuesday said the Naha Police Station refurbishment was funded by the Australian Government through…
ERANDA Kotelawala – the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solomon Islands Ports Authority trading as Solomon Ports – has scotched rumours he has left the country quietly without telling anyone, including staff. “That’s an interesting news,” Mr. Kotelawala said last night, when asked about his departure, describing the reports as “typical rumours,”. He was on…
WESTERN Province Premier Christian Mesepitu says Australian Government’s support to upgrade the country’s second largest port in Noro, Western Province will have a lasting impact on the province and Solomon Islands. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Mesepitu said these are the sorts of investments that will have lasting impact not only on Western Province…
MALAITA for Democracy and Development (M4DD) President Knoxly Atu says the Sogavare led DCGA government has been treating Malaita Province unfairly since coming into power in 2019. Mr Atu said the unfair treatment towards Malaita could ignite more divisions in the country rather than the togetherness that the government is preaching about. Speaking to Solomon…
TEAM Makira for the upcoming Athletics Championship has called on all Makirans living in and around Honiara to support the athletes with proper running shoes. Speaking to Star Sports yesterday, team coach Primo Higa who is also a former national long distance champion said the athletes are in dire need for proper running shoes. The…
ADVENTIST teachers within the Trans Pacific Union (TPU) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church will be commemorating 150 years of Adventist Education in two weeks’ time. TPU covers the regional countries of Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. As part of the event a special program will be organised on Saturday June…